friseur

See also Friseur

English

Etymology

From French friseur, from friser (“to curl, frizz”).

Noun

friseur (plural friseurs)

1. (now rare) A hairdresser.
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:

     As for poor Owen, could the bob-wig which he then wore have uncurled itself, and stood on end with horror, I am convinced the morning's labour of the friseur would have been undone, merely by the excess of his astonishment at this enormity.

Related terms

• frizz

Translations

a hairdresser

• Finnish: kampaaja (fi)
• French: friseur (fr) m
• German: Friseur (de) m
• Hungarian: fodrász (hu), frizőr (hu)

• Macedonian: фризер (mk) (frízer) m
• Polish: fryzjer (pl) m, fryzjerka (pl) f
• Russian: парикмахер (ru) (parikmáχ'er) m
• Swedish: frisör (sv) c

External links

• friseur in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• friseur at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• furries, surfier

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French

Noun

friseur m (plural friseurs; feminine friseuse, plural friseuses)

1. (dated) hairdresser.

Synonyms

• coiffeur

Related terms

• friser